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Re: LeBron a Father?

I am assuming that they had sex. So I guess they were fairly close.

Having a child at 18 or 19 isn't a great thing. It doesn't make him a bad person just another 18 yr.old who had sex which isn't that rare. But being an unwed father isn't the kind of publicity that his sponsers want. It also isn't what parents of teenages want for their children's role models.

While, yes, it really isn't our buisness he is in the public eye. While it can be unfair he makes a lot of money because he is and has to take the bad with the good.

It doesn't change my opinion of him I still won't root for a Cavalier.

"They could turn out to be only innocent mathematicians, I suppose," muttered Woevre's section officer, de Decker.

"'Only.'" Woevre was amused. "Someday you'll explain to me how that's possible. Seeing that, on the face of it, all mathematics leads, doesn't it, sooner or later, to some kind of human suffering."

Re: LeBron a Father?

Re: LeBron a Father?

I doubt that it will hurt LeBron either.

That wasn't really my point. Having a child so young is viewed by society as a negative. Parents and sponsers will have opinions about it. That's part of being in the public eye.
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"They could turn out to be only innocent mathematicians, I suppose," muttered Woevre's section officer, de Decker.

"'Only.'" Woevre was amused. "Someday you'll explain to me how that's possible. Seeing that, on the face of it, all mathematics leads, doesn't it, sooner or later, to some kind of human suffering."

Re: LeBron a Father?

Re: LeBron a Father?

Yeah - 5 years from now, some kid will be watching TV (a stolen one) in the 'hood with his coked up Mom saying 'You see #23 there ?? He you Daddy.' The kid will reply 'He's cool. Maybe someday he'll stop by.' Mom will reply 'No - he don't even remember you.'

Re: LeBron a Father?

Yes, training camp does need to open soon! (but that won't stop me from commenting on this)

There is a good chance that its not an ideal situation for James and whoever the mother is to be having a child but that doesn't spell disaster and plenty of responsible people have had unexpected pregnancy (only abstinence is 100% reliable), if these two were 30 would they be less irresponsible and even if not, would you still have said "man thats irresponsible" about two 30 year olds?

There are generally two concerns when young people have a child. One is financial which is clearly not a case in this situation unless James refuses to care for the child financially which would seem out of the character he has shown so far. The second is whether the two young people are mature enough to handle having a a child. So far James has been mature enough to handle a rookie season where he was depended on to perform like a veteran all-star, a HUGE media that was and is looking to him to be the next MJ in terms of playing and fame, and an Olympic team where he was used as a utility player (something that is almost always hard for phenoms to swallow). So, as of yet, James hasn't shown he is not mature enough for something like this and as far as these things can measure maturity, he has looked pretty good.

As for "are they ready", ask any parent in America after they have had their child for a while and almost no one will tell you "Yeah, we were ready." Its more a question of "can they do it".

I wouldn't try to say that two unmarried kids having a child is the best situation but there was a time when people feared that not having at least some extened family (grandparents/uncles/aunts) living in the same house was detrimental to children. There was also a time when it was frowned upon for a girl not to have at least on child by the age of 20. You know what is detrimental to children? Not having adults who love them and take responsibility for raising them and keeping them safe. You know what is not detrimental to kids? The number of people who sleep under the same roof as they do. Whether its 1 or 15, children have grown up healthy and happy in all manner of households.